Advertising device.



UNITED ti ii fr Specification of Letters Fatent.

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DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed November 25, 190". Serial Ila: 239,086.

To a iii/2,0712, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VVTILLIAM Bmoiuii America, residing at Detroit, m no cot l Vayne and State of liiichi have i ecr ain new and useful Improve Vflti: rg Devices, of which the specification, reference being had the accomp anyin dr awin The invention relates to vices especially tion with moving ve or steam raiiway ears, and novel construction of a trav the character "eierre d to whi matic" y upon the s arting the vehicle d. upon changes will be here. at set forth. 7 In the dra g Figure 1 is view ii.

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es autopping of 1 is a simiia view of Fig. 5 is a section. taken Fig. 6 in a section throt h Fig. spective view attac the advertiz er ptctivc i ing-cap, and 9 s a mcdn construction. illustrated 132 I I. and 11 are central longitudinal sect zontal and vertical, respectively, or t ie eonstruction shown in Fig. 4. F1 12 is pen spective view of a portion of a car, shcwin the application of the device.

In Fig. 1 I haveshown the t eviee sisting of an elongated casin metallic opennded tube, 9 ranged in the advertiming-s the car near the top or cei.l i hereinafter to be described. this instance is provided with A and, being detachable, is dinally at the bottom, and within t t is arranged a traveling member ada ted to move to and iro from end to end of the easmg automatically upon the sto iping anl starting oi the car or a variation in specs.

In the figure referred to two traveling mei bers are shown, one (designated by the role once-letter C) in the form of a ca "ricr and tl other (represented by the letter B) a ball or sphere. In the event that the ball only is toi re hitter I to r- 'atten to arra d in connection with the casing, or, if d d a plurality of balls or spheres, as inin Fig. 3, may be used for the same :vu ed with shoulders 0 engaging the insing at the sides of the and a depend extension C,projecttiough the slot F in the casing-bottom ct. rying panel G, on which suitable 1P9 matter may be placed, the panel h igitudinally oi the car automaticin e manner previously set forth.

rabl ti o carrier is made of a light frame permits it to be manufactured at cost, and sphere or ball, as D, is arthe frame, serving to operate the casing. The support- "he advertising device debands or straps, preferably indicated by the rotor meecd to be inserted in the ada'l" the car '11 the usual man- ..rranged upon the casing ends and enip The as indicated in Fig. 1. of attachment described is simple, inexpensive, and permits of the ready removal or replacement of the advertising novelty when desired.

n modification illustrated in Fig. 9 parts are of the same construction as previously described, with the exception of raveling carrier-frame. This (indicated the reference-letter K) is elongated sullipermit of a limited independent rolling movement of the sphere D, the result being that as the car stops or starts the ball will move immediately; but the panel G will remain stationary for a short period thereafter until the ball strikes the end of its "rame, when both move longitudinally within "he casing, the desired traveling movement of the panel commencing unexpectedly after the car has stopped or started.

In Figs. 4, 5, 10, and 11 another modification of the device is shown, the casing, in this instance represented by the letter L, being of the insertion of the traveling member or :and prevents the latter from moving out- -ends is fixed so that the slot will always be rerectangular and provided with a panel M, I which forms a part of the front of the casing and is adapted to have printed or arranged thereon the advertising matter. This casing is provided with a rectangular cap 0 at one 1 end, provided in turn with the extension J, as previously described, and with a similar cap member P at the opposite end, detachable, as in the other construction, to permit members. The cap P is also provided with the hook Q, which engages the back plate It of thecaslng when the parts are assembled Wardly and out of engagement with the cap. Thedetailed construction of the carrier comprises a pair oi vertical members a, each carrying a pair of oppositely-turned hooks 7), that engage the edges 0 of the casing-front, as plainly indicated in Fig. 5. These members described are connected by and carry the panel M, previously referred to. The members a also are provided with end pieces 6, between which a circular weight or disk 7 is adapted to travel, the weight having a relativeindependent longitudinal movement and serving as the sphere in the construction shown in Fig. 9 to operate the carrier. The members a are secured to the panel M by solder or by any other suitable means.

In each of the constructions of easing shown pads, as S, preferably of felt, are arranged in the casing ends or caps and serve as yielding abutments for the traveling carrier and also to deaden or lessen the noise of contact between the parts.

In Fig. 1 one of the caps upon the casing tained at the bottom of the casing and "friction between the latter and the traveling member thus reduced to a minimum The modification illustrated in Fig. 6 shows another and simpler connection between the panel M and the casing. Here the panel is arranged and adapted to travel between pairs of fixed guides a a and l) 7) upon the casing top and bottom, the device being otherwise of the construction shown in Fig. 5.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In an advertising device for use in moving vehicles, the combination with a casing, closed atone end and having a detachable closure for the opposite end, a traveling member within the casing, flat extension members carried by the casing ends, and clips adapted to be secured to the car with which the extensions detachably engage.

2. The combination with a car, a pair of spaced bands or straps secured thereto, a clip carried by each strap, a casing, a traveling member within the casing, and end extensions upon said casing detachably engaging the band-clips.

3. In an advertising device for use. in mov ing vehicles, the combination with an inclosing casing and means for securing said casing to the vehicle, of a carrier mounted therein for horizontal reciprocation and an operating member also within the casing having a limited independent movement for causing the delayed reciprocation oi the carrier.

4. In an advertising device for use in moving vehicles, the combination. with an inclosing casing and means for securing said casing to the vehicle, of a carrier mounted therein for horizontal reciprocation, and means in the form of a rolling member for operating the carrier, said member being in operative relation to but having a limited movement independent of the carrier for delaying the movement thereof.

5. In an advertising device for use in moving vehicles, the combination with an inclosing casing and means for securing said casing to the vehicle, of a carrier-frame mounted therein for horizontal reciprocation, and a rolling member within and haying a limited movement-independent olsaid'frame'ior causing a delayed movement of the said frame.

6. In an advertising device for use in moving vehicles, the combination with a slotted inclosing casing and means for securing said casing to the vehicle, of an elongated opencentered carrier-frame mounted there n and projecting through said slot for longitudinal reciprocation, and a rolling member arranged within the heme for limited independent ho1 lzontal travel. 7

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IVILLIAM BINGHAM OIVEN.

Witnesses JAMES P. BARRY, EDWARD D. AULT. 

